Let’s catch a game at the SEFCU…

That’s what the University at Albany’s Recreation and Convocation Center will be called, now that the credit union has committed $2.75 million for naming rights over the next decade.

Official announcement of the name change came this morning. SEFCU Arena is where the UAlbany men’s and women’s basketball teams play, and it also hosts other sporting and community events, as well as university activities. The Times Union sports section reported in today’s editions that the name change was coming.

The arena, which seats 4,538, opened in 1992 and contains three basketball courts and an indoor track. Sheryl Crow and Green Day have performed there, and the university has held its commencements there.

Susan Herbst, the University at Albany’s officer in charge, called the agreement a tribute to the power of public-private partnerships, something UAlbany has had plenty of experience in with Albany NanoTech, where dozens of private companies have set up shop.